Example sentences of "to make [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They might even try to make me drunk . |
| 2 | Nothing strange happened , nothing risky , nothing to make me unhappy or break my sleep . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ As you may recall , I already had a fair grasp of Portuguese , so all it needed was a crash course and a month or two here to make me fluent , ’ Ashley said , wishing he was not so persistent . |
| 4 | By July he hoped to be able to meet Butcher at Cheam , a property where the fourth Duke had spent his early married life ; but only if the weather proved favourable , ‘ for I have had the Rheumatism so bad of late , as to make me fearful of riding in the wet ’ . |
| 5 | And how do you plan to make me sorry ? |
| 6 | WHEN Alex Ferguson joined Manchester United as the new boss he wanted me out of Old Trafford so badly he tried to make me redundant . |
| 7 | He 's dying to make me grateful . |
| 8 | Miss Havisham had never intended to make me rich , or let me marry Estella . |
| 9 | ‘ The one I 've got is going to make me rich ! ’ ‘ |
| 10 | Yeah and when she got up to leave he just like patted her on the bum kind of thing and Jess saw it and Jess thought oh he 's trying to make me jealous |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , yes — I can see they 're going to make me old before my time , ’ Liz had laughed ruefully . |
| 12 | All might still have been well , if he had n't , in a desire to make me happier stood away from me and said , " You look lovely . " |
| 13 | Am I even a little bit — beautiful , or are you just saying it to make me open up ? ’ |
| 14 | got too scary , so to make me scared , she slapped me round the face . |
| 15 | This was supposed to make me fit to fly a Hurricane ! ’ |
| 16 | I have to say , if he wanted to make me mad , he was one hundred per cent successful . |
| 17 | Frau Gess has promised to make me some creamed chicken and steamed potato . |
| 18 | The Typical Chinese Dishes with plenty of good hot coffee on top of them seemed to combine with the heating in the place to make me sleepy . |
| 19 | However local and limited the awareness to which the words testify , I have identified a spontaneous reaction to which , since it is provisionally approved by ‘ Be aware ’ , it is rational to seek means as an end good in itself ; if you disagree , the burden of proof has shifted to you , to make me aware of something overlooked which will redirect my response . |
| 20 | Perchance my studies in Germanic Philology did much to make me aware of racial bonds that time and money have obscured . |
| 21 | The realization eased my shock a little — enough to make me aware of the sense of violence building up around me . |
| 22 | But , under threat , my Creator has agreed to make me this Eve with whom you interfere , uncovering her nakedness . |
| 23 | Can this really be the man who intends to make me homeless ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It takes a lot to make me angry . |
| 25 | Are you trying to make me angry ? |
| 26 | The best I can hope for is to be dragged home and given stuff to make me manageable . |
| 27 | But in the final analysis , the thing that used to make me happy was making me miserable , so I just had to get out . ’ |
| 28 | I will not expect anyone else to make me happy but will find it within me . |
| 29 | Haldane , according to Drummond , had assured him that he might ‘ depend on all his interest in order to make me happy in every opportunity , in the event on my giveing him my vote & intrest ’ . |
| 30 | Even though I knew I would soon lose him , he had such power to make me happy that I was in heaven listening to him . |